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Bookstagram's 102 Best Books of the 21st Century (U.S.) - Page 2

Organized and compiled by @surabhi.reading, @openbookopen, & @ambershelf.
A few notes on methodology:
* We made a survey inviting bookstagrammers to submit their ballot for the ten best books published in the U.S. in the 21st century. We shared it widely over 4 days.
* We received 324 ballots and a total of 3,156 individual book votes. Not everyone who submitted a ballot submitted ten books.
* We only accepted one ballot from each individual. If a person submitted two different ballots, we only counted the latest submission.
* We used the same rules as the NYT: books published in the U.S. after January 1, 2000. We disqualified books published before that.
* If someone submitted a series, we counted it as the first book in the series. If the first book was published before January 1, 2000, we disqualified it.
* We sorted books by total number of votes, then chose to present a top 102 instead of a top 100 to avoid a tiebreaker process.
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Crying in H Mart: A Memoir (Michelle Zauner)
Crying in H Mart: A Memoir
41
Michelle Zauner
Gilead (Marilynne Robinson)
Gilead
42
Marilynne Robinson
How to Write an Autobiographical Novel (Alexander Chee)
How to Write an Autobiographical Novel
43
Alexander Chee
The Kite Runner (Khaled Hosseini)
The Kite Runner
44
Khaled Hosseini
The Sentence (Louise Erdrich)
The Sentence
45
Louise Erdrich
Transcendent Kingdom (Yaa Gyasi)
Transcendent Kingdom
46
Yaa Gyasi
When Breath Becomes Air (Paul Kalanithi, MD)
When Breath Becomes Air
47
Paul Kalanithi, MD
A Thousand Splendid Suns (Khaled Hosseini)
A Thousand Splendid Suns
48
Khaled Hosseini
Circe (Madeline Miller)
Circe
49
Madeline Miller
How High We Go in the Dark (Sequoia Nagamatsu)
How High We Go in the Dark
50
Sequoia Nagamatsu
Martyr! (Kaveh Akbar)
Martyr!
51
Kaveh Akbar
Minor Detail (Adania Shibli)
Minor Detail
52
Adania Shibli
Say Nothing (Patrick Radden Keefe)
Say Nothing
53
Patrick Radden Keefe
The Hate U Give (Angie Thomas)
The Hate U Give
54
Angie Thomas
The Vanishing Half (Brit Bennett)
The Vanishing Half
55
Brit Bennett
Tale for the Time Being (Ruth Ozeki)
Tale for the Time Being
56
Ruth Ozeki
Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty (Patrick Radden Keefe)
Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty
57
Patrick Radden Keefe
Evicted (Matthew Desmond)
Evicted
58
Matthew Desmond
The Book Thief (Markus Zusak)
The Book Thief
59
Markus Zusak
The Death of Vivek Oji (Akwaeke Emezi)
The Death of Vivek Oji
60
Akwaeke Emezi
The Goldfinch (Donna Tartt)
The Goldfinch
61
Donna Tartt
The Heart's Invisible Furies (John Boyne)
The Heart's Invisible Furies
62
John Boyne
They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us (Hanif Willis-Abdurraqib)
They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us
63
Hanif Willis-Abdurraqib
A Little Devil in America: Notes in Praise of Black Performance (Hanif Abdurraqib)
A Little Devil in America: Notes in Praise of Black Performance
64
Hanif Abdurraqib
All the Light We Cannot See (Anthony Doerr)
All the Light We Cannot See
65
Anthony Doerr
Between the World and Me (Ta-Nehisi Coates)
Between the World and Me
66
Ta-Nehisi Coates
Caste (Isabel Wilkerson)
Caste
67
Isabel Wilkerson
Gone Girl (Gillian Flynn)
Gone Girl
68
Gillian Flynn
The Round House (Louise Erdrich)
The Round House
69
Louise Erdrich
Sing, Unburied, Sing (Jesmyn Ward)
Sing, Unburied, Sing
70
Jesmyn Ward
The Road (Cormac McCarthy)
The Road
71
Cormac McCarthy
Normal People (Sally Rooney)
Normal People
72
Sally Rooney
The Great Believers (Rebecca Makkai)
The Great Believers
73
Rebecca Makkai
The New Jim Crow (Michelle Alexander)
The New Jim Crow
74
Michelle Alexander
The Undocumented Americans (Kate Cornejo Villavicencio)
The Undocumented Americans
75
Kate Cornejo Villavicencio
Girl, Woman, Other (Bernardine Evaristo)
Girl, Woman, Other
76
Bernardine Evaristo
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow (Gabrielle Zevin)
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
77
Gabrielle Zevin
The Hunger Games (Suzanne Collins)
The Hunger Games
78
Suzanne Collins
Demon Copperhead (Barbara Kingsolver)
Demon Copperhead
79
Barbara Kingsolver
Piranesi (Susanna Clarke)
Piranesi
80
Susanna Clarke
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